THE Pretoria High Court, Gauteng Division, has dismissed with costs the application by former president Edgar Lungu’s family for leave to appeal against the judgement ordering the repatriation of his remains. Lungu’s widow, Esther, together with family members, had argued that the court erred in allowing the Zambian government to repatriate the former head of state’s body. This case stemmed from an application by Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha, who sought an interim order to stop the burial of the late president in South Africa, insisting that it was in the public interest for his remains to be returned to Zambia. Respondents in the matter included former first lady Esther Lungu, Bertha, Tasila, Chiyeso, Dalitso, Charles Phiri, family lawyer and spokesperson...